Denton and Caldecote
Denton and Caldecote is a joint parish in Huntingdonshire which unites two small villages of the county on the edge of the fens:
- Denton and
- Caldecote
The two villages are little more than half a mile apart, Caldecote no more than a scatter of cottages on the local road out from Stilton and Denton a little bigger on the road reaching southeast towards the A1.
Denton
[TL150878 Denton] was the birthplace of the noted scholar Sir Robert Cotton but the building has now gone and the 17th Century village church is also a ruin.
Caldecote
At [TL144883 Caldecote] is a largely restored 13th Century church, now converted to a private residence.
Washingley
To the north of Caldecote is the site one of the vanished villages of Huntingdonshire, named [TL135890 Washingley]. Hall Farm still stands at Washingley and by it the earthworks from a motte and bailey castle. The woods around the site of Washingley mark out a square pattern bearing witness to what stood there.
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